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PYEONGTAEK, South Korea — A squadron of F-117A Nighthawk stealth fighters from Hollomon Air Force Base in New Mexico arrived at Kunsan Air Base in South Korea on Thursday, the Air Force said.

The jets and about 300 airmen, from Hollomon’s 49th Fighter Wing, are to be at Kunsan for what the Air Force said was a standard, four-month Air Expeditionary Force deployment.

The deployment will allow the Nighthawk pilots and crews a chance to train with the F-16 fighters of Kunsan’s 8th Fighter Wing, also known as the Wolf Pack.

The deployment is the fourth the Hollomon Nighthawks have made to the peninsula since 2003.

New college scholarship meant for Marine infantry, familiesA private liberal arts college in Hillsdale, Mich., recently announced the establishment of a scholarship specifically for Marine infantrymen, their children and grandchildren.

Werner J. Gogel established the Werner J. Gogel and Margaret F. Gogel Endowed Scholarship Fund at Hillsdale College in honor of his wife and the Marines he served with in World War II, according to a news release from the college.

The scholarship will provide awards of $9,000 to $25,000 per school year for those eligible.

It is designed to stand in for the Montgomery GI Bill as the college refuses all federal funding because of its stance against federal funding and regulation of education, according to the release.

For more information, contact Jeff Lantis, director of admissions, at (517) 437-7341 or Jeff.Lantis@Hillsdale.edu.

AFFES-contracted taxis can drop passengers on all basesKADENA AIR BASE, Okinawa — Taxicabs on Okinawa contracted by the Army and Air Force Exchange Service now are authorized to transport and drop off passengers on all military installations, according to an AAFES news release.

Previously, only Kadena-specified taxis could pick up or drop off passengers on the air base, according to the release. While Kadena-specified taxis still are the only taxis authorized to pick up air base passengers, all taxis now are allowed base access to drop off passengers.

The policy change includes taxis that operate on Marine Corps installations.

This change means that people now can take an AAFES taxi on any military installation and go to any other installation without switching taxis at the front gate, said Jerry Broccoli, AAFES Okinawa Exchange general manager.

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